Label gumming and attaching machine.



E. JAGENBERG.

LABEL GUMMING AND ATTACHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED 0GT.18, 1913.

1 1 00,741 Patented June 23, 1914.

UNITED STATES RECENT OFFICE;-

nimrn enuresis, or nuss nnn'orvr, GERMANY.

LABEL eumume' Ann nzrrnonmo I MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern Be. it known that I, EMIL JAGENBERG, manufacturer, a subject of the German Emperor,.and residing at 107 Himmelgeisterstrasse, Dusseldorf, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 1 Label Gumming and Attaching Machines,

of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a device for drawing labels from the pile and, after applied to the box, the paper bag or the like and pressed thereagainst. This operation has certain advantages, as the adhesive fre quently possesses such adhesive power, that the labels will tear when drawn ofl the slide.

in the direction of their plane, what will no occur when the labels are peeled oil, 7

In the accompanying drawings the pres ent invention has been exemplified.

Figures 1, 2 and 3 illustrate three different operative positions of \the device; Fig. 4 is a cross sect-ion on the line A"-B in Fig. 2.

By means of. the cam drum (1 which is fittedvon a shaft a driven by any suitable means, the slide d is reciprocated in the guide it by aid of a pin 5 carrying a roller 6 This slide a has ears d on which a plate 9 is pivoted by means of pin f; tothe underside of this .plate is fitted a roller h which rides on a rail This rail is pivoted on the pin j-secured inthebody 0 of the machine and is vertically reciprocated by means of a rod 70 hinged to its other end by a pin 7'.

"This rod in is coupled to the bell crank I0 which is rotatably fitted to the body of the machine 0 on the shaft 10 and \rides with its other end, carrying a roller k? on a cam a fitted to shaft a In consequence of the rotation of the shaft 0, the bell crank will therefore be swung to and fro whereby the plate i is raised andlowered to a given extent and at given periods.

. At a distance above the plate 9 the adhesive applying rollers m are journaled in the ears of bearings m between which the adhesive tank n is held into which the first roller m dips, so that it takes the adhesive from the tank n. The ears m are rotatably specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 18, 1913. Serial llo..7j95,834.

arm 0 carrying the label box I Patented June 23, 1914.

fitted by means of pin m to standards 0 fitted to the body of the machine. -On the pin m is also fitted a lever m which is coupled by a pin m to a rodm This rod m 1s coupled at its other end to a shaft m." which carries at one end a roller 9% riding on a cam a and at its other end issecured to a lever m pivoted on pin 0 to the body '0 of the machine. The cam a is fitted on the shaft a so. that on the latter revolving the lever m and therewith the rollers m are swung toi and fro.

When by the rotation of the drum a" theas H slide (1 with the plate 9 is advanced. the

lower, rollervm will transfer adhesive to the:

plate 9. The slide d is advanced so far until: the plate 9 is beneath the label box 0, which is plvoted with its carrier arm 0 by means of pin 0 to the standard 0 o bears frombelow a rod 0 which is guided in a g'uideoc on the. body of the machine. The lower end of this rod bears against the flat end of :1 lever 0 fitted to a shaft 0 which is rotata bly journaled at a in the body of the machine. To the other end of this shaft is roller 0, which rides on a groove 0 of a Against the 7 'fitted'a lever 0 the end of which carries a' cam a This cam is fitted to a shaft a In consequence of this arrangement the label box 0 is raised and lowered when the shaft a is revolved. The slide then remains stationary and the label box '0 settles down on the-plate g which has received the adhesive '(Fig. 2), and the lowermost label will stick to this plate when the label box rises again.

'Now the slide it together with plate 9 is further advanced by the cam drum a until the lower fixed jaw p of a gripipler enters into a slot win the plate 9. The out edge of the label enters between the jaws of the gripper, the upper jaw 39 of which, pivoted to the plate 0 secured to the body of the machine is lowered by means of a lever s 1 attachedto it,'and coupled by means of a rod 8 to a bell crank s pivoted on the body of the machine. This bell crank s is coupled t0 a rod 8 which has at its free end a fork is and a roller 8, which'rides on a cam a fitted to shaft 0 r 7 At the same time the roller h passes under a hook 25 secured to the rail 71, which hook takes the plate 9 down withit, when the rail 2' is drawn down by the rod is, so I that the label held back by the-gr1pper is drawn off upward, or so to say, peeled ofi (Fig. 3). When new the slided recedes tothe tank n rise, so that the receding plate 9 will not come into contact with the lower roller m and be soiled by it with adhesive.

To the bottom of the machine body is fitted a shaft like guide it in which a slide a moves up and'down. This slide has at its top a :plate or platform u and in its middle Wall u a slot u throughwhich the shaft (1* projects. At the lower end the slide is linked by means of a link member a to ya bell crank M which is ivoted on a pin 0 in the body of themachine. The other arm of the bell crank is coupled to a rod u", the free end of which bears a fork a which engages around the shaft a To this fork is fitted a roller u", which is pressed by the the weight of the slide to against a cam a fitted to shaft 0 By the rotation of the shaft (1 thus the slide is raised and lowered in the desired manner. Beneath the ma- 7 chine top a belt conveyer o is carried over the roller '0 journaled in the body 0. The other end of the belt and the other roller over which it is conducted are not shown in 'the drawing. This belt is moved by the roller 21 being suitably driven, and travels in the direction shown by the arrows. The packages .bags, boxes and the like, which are to be labeled, are placed on this belt 'v,

and are thereby fed to the shaft u. In the 1 side of the latter is, an opening'u through which the packages, bags, boxes and the like can enter into the shaft to, when the slide u i's in its lowermost osition. When this slide'is, however, in a igher position, its one side wall will prevent the packages or the like from passing through the opening 0 The belt '1) advances at a uniform speed, so that it will slip beneath thepackages when these are retained by the slide. When the slide is thus in its lowermost position, a package 'w will be ad vanced by the belt '0 on to the platform a through the opening u, so that when the slide moves upward it will force it out through thetop of the shaft. This upward,

stroke of the slide u with the package on it'occurs at the moment when the slide (5 with the plate 9 recedes. The package therefore rises from below against the label held by the gripper. The slide 11. with the package 'w and the label then further rises and forces the package into a shaft :1: attached to the body of the machine. This shaft. has such a section that the packages or bags can be pressed tightly only into it. Thereby the projecting edges 1 of the label are folded over the sides of the packageand the latter is pressed against the lowermost package in shaft m whereby the label is pressed down on it. All packages contained in shaft m are simultaneously pressed upward and the uppermost package is pressed out and falls on an incline (not shown). The packages are held by their friction against the walls of the shaft against their falling out. The

slide a may therefore recede so as to allow of a fresh package to being pushed onto it. Thenthe slide (13 again advances and a new operation is commenced.

I claim:

1. A label gumming and attachin machine comprising a slide, a late pivoted thereto, a gumming roller a apted to engage the plate, meansfor tilting the plate, a label magazine adapted to be lowered upon the plate to deposit the lowermost label thereon, means for drawing said lowermost label ofi said plate, and means for carrying a box into contact with said label.

2. A label gumming and attachin machine compris ng a slide, a plate pivoted thereto, a roller carried by the plate, a tiltable rail engaged by the roller, means for tilting said rail to thereby tilt'the plate, a pivoted 'gumming roller adapted to engage the plate, a pivoted label magazine adapted to be lowered upon the plate to deposit the lowermost label thereon, means for drawing said lowermost label ofi' said plate, a

shaft, and a platform vertically movable.

nesses. EMIL JAGENBERG. I Witnesses:

' MARTIN FEYBUSCH, FRANK v. BRIESEN. 

